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A card cage includes upper and lower support members which define a slot for receiving a printed circuit board. An engagement mechanism includes one or more handles pivotally mounted on the front of the card cage. Each handle, in turn, is pivotally attached to a rod which extends to the rear of the

A card cage includes upper and lower support members which define a slot for receiving a printed circuit board. An engagement mechanism includes one or more handles pivotally mounted on the front of the card cage. Each handle, in turn, is pivotally attached to a rod which extends to the rear of the card cage and terminates in an extraction member which receives the rear corner of a cirucit board. When the circuit board is mounted in the card cage, the handle is pivoted to contact the forward edge of the board and urge it into position in the cage, thereby urging contacts along the rear edge of the board into engagement with a connector at the rear of the card cage. When the board is to be removed from the card cage, the handle is pivoted in the opposite direction, enabling the extraction member at the rear to pull the board forwardly out of engagement with the connector and permitting the board to then be removed from the card cage.

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A card cage for removably receiving a printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical contacts along a rear edge, said card cage comprising upper and lower support means and rear connector means defining a slot for slidably receiving said circuit board and engagement means comprising: (A) han

A card cage for removably receiving a printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical contacts along a rear edge, said card cage comprising upper and lower support means and rear connector means defining a slot for slidably receiving said circuit board and engagement means comprising: (A) handle means pivotally mounted onto a forward edge of one of said support means, said handle means being pivotable between an engaged orientation and a disengaged orientation, said handle means having a finger means projecting therefrom for contacting an exposed forward edge of said circuit board to urge it into an engaged position with its contacts engaging said connector means; (B) extraction means including a rear finger means for contacting the rear edge of said circuit board when said circuit board is in the engaged position; (C) actuating rod means connecting said handle means and said extraction means for enabling said extraction means to move said rear finger means forwardly as said handle means pivot between the engaged position and the disengaged position to thereby urge said circuit board to disengage from said connector means and allow said circuit board to be freely removed from said slot.